Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1929, Page 2

2 » DEBT COMPROMISE | - EFFORT GONTINUED Failure or Partial Success of| Paris Parley May Come Quickly. ! 1 [ By the Associated Preas. PARIS, May 3—Owen D. Young | and Dr. Hialmar Schacht today sought | a last-minute solution of the ponder- ous reparations problem in closed-door conferences at the Hotel George V. Strictest secrecy surrounded the sub- ject of their conversations, but it was sald they represented an attempt to thrash out a scheme’ for commercial- ization of a part of the reparations debt which would be acceptable both | to Germany and the allles. It is on commercialization that the offers of Germany and the cr!‘dlwr“ nations thus far have ultimately come to grief; if a satisfactory commercializa- | tion arrangement could be made a tentative settiement would be easily | possible. Few of the experts held any | real hope such will eventuate, however. | It was . authoritatively - stated Dr. Schacht brought back no new offer with | him from Berlin and that so far Mr. Young had presented nothing new. In- stead, it was said, both are mulling | over previously discussed arrangements seeking to find an idea which might | be fitted into another plan which | would be acceptable. Bargaining Under Way. It was suggested in one source that if Germany would agree to commercial- ize a large sum the allies might agree | to moderate the size of the annuities | for e limited period, with the hope | that future payments could be met | with the profits from the International Bank or greatly reduced through a dis- | counting of the American debts. Sources usually considered most ex- cellent, however, were all agreed today that no tangible plan was yet in sight —there was merely the prospect thal something with several attractive fea tures might be evolved out of Mr. Young's and Dr. Schacht's confer- ences. Whatever the outcome of the ex- perts’ conference, the result apparently will not be attributed to lack of efforts to reach an accord. The chief experts conferred at length with Dr. Schacht today. So pressed were the delegates for time that some of them lunched at the Hotel George V and others at a nearby restaurant, so as to be reedy o Tesume afternoon work. No Schacht Offer. It was obvious that the heads of the delegations were talking seriously about a possible means of arriving at an agreement, but on what basis was not ! | | | i known. It was repeated positively after | the morning conferences that.no one had made any new proposals and the experts declined to discuss speculative Teports of propositions that might be made. . Dr. Schacht radlated’ some among his fellow-experts that he may have another offer to make. He has not made one nor said in any definite form that he would do so. Yet there is an impression that he might raise the German annuity provided that he could have assurances in advance that his proposals would be accepted. His difficulty is this, should his offer be rejected, it would be used as the starting point for subsequent negotia- tions between the German government and the creditor countries. The sum | would be taken as the least Germany must pay. It is thought that Dr. Schacht might @dd several hundred million marks to his 1,650,000,000, which he previously had offered if he was sure that it would be accepted, but that he would not go on record with such an offer without private and confidential assurance it ‘would not be rejected. BERLIN AWAITS REPORTS. Three-Sided Summing-Up Held Best for Germany. BERLIN, May 3 (#).—The question whether two or three memorandums ‘will be drawn up if the reparations con- ference in Paris finally fails is con- sidered by German official circles much more important than the new discus- sions of figures which have been going on since yesterday between Owen D. Young, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht and their colleagues. ‘The Associated Press learned today from a well-informed source that pub- lication of two memorandums would signify, in the opinion of German offi- cials, the grouping of all the creditor nations against Germany. Three mem- orandums would mean division of the experts into & group composed of United States and Japan, a group including the Test of the creditors, and Germany her- self as a third. PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE-The Macke: 81300 2-vear-olds; 4’z furlones. dst. Prisca . Audax ... rs b'Walter_J. Salmon_entry. €E. K. Bryson entry. d George D. Widener entry. e Wiliis Sharpe Kilmer entry. BECOND RACE-—The Green Spring Valley Bteeplechase Handican; $5,000 added, 4-year- olds and up: 2 mile Hufy (E. Albright) . © Cheramy "(no boy) b Red Bridge (H. Jeficott) Mollie Elizabeth (C. Jones) G, Duller) 5 € Rubigny (no_boy) d Nomad (L. Chesne) ' Malvoising (W. Collin & Brucourt (8. Veitch) Steble entry. 4-Lattingtown ¥Five pounds claimed for rid THIRD RACE-Purse. $1.300; claiming: 4- year-oids and up: 1., miles 110 *B! 116 i 107 107 E—The Pim added r-old filies; 1. Mint Priarv (E Legere) ... Raucona (R. Fisher e (3. Maiben) e 110 50y) Stable entry. er. v Warren nces Rock *Linen King . Sea Lady Girasol "War ) o Aaviestaia My 8is (H. Ericks 8 K. E.*Hitt entry. PIFTH RACE - Purse. 6 fu wea! d up Mergler) .. Ruby e *Bond_frave Moscow o *Hypnotisim SIXTH RACE—The Hilitop; purse, $1.500; 3-year-olds; 1is miles Kolkin . 109 Hermitage Friar Clift 111111 109 The Nut Twink . 126 Host Dr. Freeiand .0 123 SEVENTH RACE Purse, $1.300; claiming; 4-year-olds and up: 1. miles *John F. O Malley 111 ARRANGING MEMORIAL THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. . FRIDAY. MAY 3. 1929, EXERCISES A T ARLINGTON ‘Members of Parent-Teacher Associations composing the Arlington commitiee, which has charge of arrangements for the memorial exercises to be held Sunday afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery in connection with the national con- | nizations. vention of Parent-Teacher or, . W. Stra chairman; E. F. Haycraft ane H. §. Rawdon and . Newton, In the photo are, left to rlhhl. front row wbridge. Back row: C. T. Milans, G. W. WILBUR OUTLINES RULE N OIL LEASES Requires Definite Evidence of Geological Surveys—Ex- tensions Considered. | By the Associated Press. | Secretary Wilbur today issued an order that where clear and definite evi- | dence was filed showing that m»quaul geological surveys had been concluded applications for permits to prospect for | oil and gas might be granted, and ths where permits had been issued they might be extended. | An_interor Department committee | appointed to carry out President Hoo-| ver's oil-conservation program, in a re- port to the Secretary declared that| where such geological surveys had been made in its opinion such & survey should be regarded as an equity. Text of Recommendation. ‘The recommendation follows: | “We recommend that in all cases | | where clear and definite evidence is | filed showing substantial expenditures | for reliable geological surveys upon the | lands embraced in oil and gas applica- tions and permits, or groups of applica- tions upon the same structure, or where the structure is not clearly defined upon | the surface, within an area not exceed- | ing six miles square, that the same be regarded as a sufficient equitable basis for the allowance of the - applications pending on March 12,1929, and issuance | of permits thereon, or where permits | already have been issuéd and requests for extension are timely filed, that it be regarded as sufficient equitable | ground for extension of such permits. 1 v ROESCHANDWILSON BATTLE FOR HONORS G. U. Golfer and Champion * champion, is playing Richard Wilson, set by their adversaries. Stevinson of Columbia, District amateur titleholder, who was a favorite to defeat Driver Is Run Over By Own Auto After Crash at Corner | | | 1 | By the Associated Press. AIKEN, S. C., May 3.—Claude Quattlebium Wwas run over by his own automobile here yester- day when he fell from the driver’s seat after a slight wreck. He received slight injuries. When rounding a corner in his small car another small automo- bile hit the side of his machine. The door next to the driver'’s seat flew open and he fell to the ground, the left rear wheel pass- ing over his face and chest, When taken to a hospital doc- tors found only lacerations about the face. | | | | | | | | of Washington Club Meet in Final. Frank J. Roesch, Washington Club 8-year-old Georgetown University stu- | dent, from Pinehurst, N. C., in the final | ing for consideration of the legisla~ round of the Washington Country Club tournament this after- | hall of nations at the Washington Hotel. noon. Golf and ‘Two mild surprises marked the semi- final round which found both the fa- vorites unable to reach the final, up- Miller B. of :'A. G. Bishop, H. Lee Smith, §. M. Ely, Morrison, C. J. Schwartz, C. W. Holmes, --Star Staff Photo. P.T. A, CONVENTION TOUPENTOMORROM 1,200 Delegates Are Expect- ed Here for Annual Session of Congress. With the vanguard of 1,200 delegates from all over the United States reaching | Washington today, the annual conven- tion of the.National Congress of Parents | and Teachers will get under way here | per declared, in recommending that tomorrow. ‘The first event is scheduled at noon when Mrs. S. M. N. Marrs of Austin, Tex., national president, will place a wreath on the statue of Horace Mann at the headquarters building of the Na- tional Education Association. There will be a short address by Dr. Randolph J. Condon of Cincinnati, director of the Department of Education. The remaii der of the day will be taken up with egistration of delegates and board meetings. Sunday afternoon a vesper service is planned at Arlington Cemetery with Dr. 'ondon presiding. There will be music by the Marine Band and a chorus from the District high schools directed by Dr, E. N. C. Barnes. The address will be by Right Rev. James F. Freeman. Mrs. Marrs will place a wreath on the grave f the Unknown Soldier. Sunday evening there will be a meet- tive program of the congress in the Senator Capper of Kansas will speak on “Law Enforcement,” and Representa- tive Robsion of Kentucky. on the projected legisiation to secure a na- tional department of education with a secretary in the President’s cabinet. Other members of Congress will speak Geological Work Defined. - “Geological work may be distinguish- ed from ordinary J:rmmlmry expendi- tures as the latter do not operate for the |* benefit or enlightment of the Govern- | ment, whereas geolcgical work supplies | information which is to the ntage of and may be used by the Govern ment in the classification and disposi- tion of public lands and their resources. 'his is to be contingent upon a showin; of good faith and of responsible dili- | gence on the part of applicants, per- | mittees, or those claiming through or under them.” . MORGANTOWN LOSS and $700,000, With 40 to 60 Dwellings Wrecked. By the Associated Press. As Morgantown today began clearing away the debris of yesterday's tornado, city officials and Red Cross workers esti- mated the damage at between $500,000 and $700,000 and reported more than a score of persons injured, some seriously. Between 40 and 60 dwellings were wrecked. No fatalities were reported. The storm, sweeping up the Monon- gahela River. converged on north Mor- gantown and through the residentinl section of Evansdale and Riverside. It spent itself in the hills beyond Riverside, ‘Twelve persons were injured in the Parkersburg district and considerable roperty damage was done in the vicin- ity of Charleston. : | The Morgantown Country Club’s $200,000 clubhouse was partially wreck- ed. Several persons suffered minor in- Jjuries there. they could find. dale was the old Dille homestead, o1 stood since revolutionary days. BUS DRIVER CUTS WAY THROUGH FALLEN TRE Gives Him Chance to Show Prowess With Ax. A bus driver turned timberman last night and chopped through a 24-inch fallen tree across Cathedral avenue, near Massachusetts avenue, rather than | inconvenience patrons in Wesley | students at American University | Lewis Southard, operator of the “owl” bus, refused to make a tedious detour as persons along the route advised. The | self-styled lumberman borrowed an ax | from emergency power line crews, and the obstruction. Southard explained he was raised in the country and chopping trees was no_ novelty to him. He told reporte today that the obstruction was members of the urban population. KITE CONTEST TOMORROW_ Model Aircraft League to Adjudge | | Best Kite Flyer at 2 O'clock. Boys whose special delight is in flying kites may have their fun before an au- | dience and qualify for prizes tomorrow | afternoon at Meridian Hill Park on | Sixteenth street. A kite flying contest | will be held at 2 o'clock by the District | of Columbia Model Alrcraft League, ! sponsored by the Community Center Department. Kites will be judged as to pull, work- | manship and_originality, with prizes | offered in each class. | A contest open to all types of model | aircraft will be held at Bolling Field by the league May 11 at 9 o'clock. AL 1 alicwance c© 3 5 cloudy, track 608, Curling and ice skating were more in | on the eighteenth green, 1 up. holder of the intercollegiate golf title and winner of the qualilying round ;Vedxauld-y‘ was defeated by Wilson, and 1. 8 | produce the caliber of goif shown players missed crucial putts and Roesch won the seventeenth hole to' become ESTIMATES RUN HIGH Damage Put at Between $500,000 MORGANTOWN. W. Va., Mary 3.— | Annapolis, 8 | J. L. Hopk! " ‘Washington, defeated E. Black, Buf- falo, N. Y., 2 up. collegiate golf “titleholder; who now holds the District amateur championship, and a youngster who has won the Washington club title for three consecutive years, survivals of the first two rounds in the Washington Golf jand Country Club tourney, were playing Others on the golf course escaped by seeking whatever shelter Among the homes destroyed in Evans- of West Virginia's landmarks which has Obstruction on Cathedral Avenue Roesch( was eliminated by the latter | McCarthy Is Defeated. Maurice J. McCarthy of Georgetown, ‘The Roesch-Stevinson match did not ! Al was in the other contest, Both dormie 1 up, halving win the match. ‘Wilson Is Out in 37. Wilson won three of the first four holes from McCarthy and was out in | 37 to turn 3 up on the intercollegiate titleholder. McCarthy won the eleventh and fourteenth, but dropped -the fifteenth by taking three putfs. The sixteenth was halved and the match ended on the seventeenth hole, 3 and 1, when McCarthy's tee shot found the ditch. Results in the fourth flight follow: Ross Hewitt of Richmond defeated E. | . Hair, Washington, 2 and 1; E. L. no, Columbia, defeated 1. C. McKee, T g the final hole to | Fifth flight: G. E. Elliott, Chevy Chase, defeated ins, 1 up; L. P. Treadwell, Collegians in Semi-Finals. Two college youths, one the inter- a veteran n the semi-final today. The luck of the draw threw together today Maurice J. McCarthy and Dick Wilson of Georgetown in one-half of the round, while Miller B. Stevinson, reigning king of the local amateurs, clashed with Frank K. Roesch, the Washington club champion, in the other half. Three of the four reached the semi- final by decisive victories yesterday, |only one match going to the last hole —that in which young Wilson, who was a semi-finalist in the recent North and South amateur championship—downed Henry D. Nicholson of Washington by {a great niblick shot under pressure to the final green. | E| 1e ‘The initial surprise of the current golf season came yesterday in the sec- ond round, when Roesch downed Harry G. Pitt of Manor, holder of the mid- atlantic amateur champlonship. Roesch won by 3 and 2, oufputting Pitt at crucial stages of the match. McCarthy won victories over Dr. L. S. Otell and | Page Hufty, while Stevinson had easy sailing to win from T. D. Webb, jr., |and Mark Flanagan. tween Nicholson and Wilson The match be- found Nicholson in the lead most of the way, with Wilson taking the lead when he | Heights, including & number of nignt|sank a 15-foot putt for a birdie 3 on | the sixteenth. At the eighteenth he laid a niblick shot within inches of the pin for a half, which gave him the verdict, Second round results in the first flight follow: F. K. Roesch, Washing- after an hour’s industry cleared away | ton, defeated H. G. Pitt, Manor, 3 and | |2; Miller B. Stevinson, Columbia, de- | feated Mark Flanagan, Georgetown, 6 and 5: Richard Wilson, Pinehurst, N. C, defeated H. D. Nicholson, Wash- ington, 1 up: Maurice J. McCarthy, formidable than it seemed to ceria:n | Washington, defeated Page Hufty, Con- | o oue coroen to working. gressional, 5 and 3. INFORMER IS SENTENCED TO SIX-MONTH TERM James Jackson, Colored, Pleads Guilty to Four Charges of Larceny. James Jackson, colored, who admits he was employed as a police informer, was sentenced to serve six months in| Jail for larceny by Judge Ralph Given in_Police_Court tod: | Four charges of larceny were lodged | against the informer on the complaint | of William Schel. who ccused Jackson of the theft of five coats and six paris of trousers. He was arrested by Officers S. Ostenso and C. C. Williams of the eighth precinct. Jackson pleaded gullty to the charges on world peace, safeguards against poor films, child labor, and prevention of infant mortality. The formal opening of the convention will take place Monday at 9:20 with the presentation by Mrs, Jennie Holtz- man Tolson of Washington, of a gavel made from the wood of an oak tree from Mount Vernon. The gavel will be in a case made from & rafter from the White House. This will be followed Dy the reports of convention committees. ‘Throughout the week general sessions will be held each day followed by group gatherings. OFFIGER INPERILED BY SHOKE SCREEN Forced to Give Up Chase of | Suspected Rum Car to Save Himself. | The life of a pursuing policeman was | | threatened and several motorists were ! compelled to pull over to the side of | the road and halt by a suspected liquor | car early this morning which escaped | through the cloud of smoke it thyew | | out behind. Motorcycle Policeman W. R. Green- field of the eleventh precinct, the sec- tion through which comes most of the liquor brought into the District, barely escaped being jammed against the curb by the driver of the machine, who, fail- | ing in his purpose, switched on his | smoke screen. BSo dense was the smoke that at one time the officer Was forced | to halt to allow the air to clear and finally had to give up the chase. Near Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge three automobiles going in the opposite direction from the fugitive car entered the smoke, but when Greenfleld passed them were stopping to avoid accidents. Sights Loaded Auto. Greenfield was on Alabama avenue southeast two blocks north of Pennsyl- vania avenue when he saw a large tour- ing car passing him with sagging springs and something piled in the ton- neau and covered with a blanket. Al- though he had learned of no rum-run- ner who would attempt to bring through a load of liquor, his suspicions were | aroused and he began the pursuit. | He followed the machine down Ala-| | bama avenue and west on Pennsylvania | | avenue southeast, keeping close behind, since the car had no tail light and he was afraid of losing it. One block west | of Branch avenue southeast he at-| tempted to come abreast of the ma- | chine, but as he did so the driver sud-| denly cut across the street to block him | or jam him against the curbing. | Greenfield said that as he diminished | his speed to avoid the collision he saw | the man beside the driver set the | | | Finally Gives Up Chase. | From there the chase continued/ | along Pennsylvania avenue to Twelfth | street, north to B street, west to Third street' and then south to Virginia ave- | nue, where Greenfield, by then four | blocks behind, gave up the chase. “It was on B street between Eleventh and Twelfth streets that I was forced to_halt until the smoke cleared,” the policeman declared. “The street there |is very narrow and rough, making the | smoke denser than anywhere else and | also making it more dangerous to ride |a motdr eycle. I think he must also have raced his motor to increase ma} amount of smoke, “Just as soon a8 I could see agaln— it couldn't have been more than seconds—TI started off after him again, but by this time he was four blocks ahead. It was this delay that per- mitted him to get away.” Unlike ‘many of his fellow officers who have been “smoked.” Greenfield vogue in Scotland during this Winter m Judge Given ordered him commit- :xpenenrcd no {1l effscts from the dhan' for 33 years. L4 jumes, No shots were | principle of uniformity in traffic laws | speaker, urged them to take abroad an | render a service through falr exchange | | for its products of whatever we may CONFIDENCE VOTED - IN RESERVE BOARD | |Resolution of U. S. Chamber Holds System Entitled to Co-operation. _(Continued From First Page. | dpposition to railroad rate revision by | legislation and complete divorcement of | the Government from -the shipping | business. even to the inclusion of troop | transportatlon, with the scrapping of its Jaid up fleet, were recomended in { other resolutions which received ap- proval. | The chamber also voted its confidence {in" the Tariff Commission and urged | that the body be strengthened by nec- essary legislative authority giving it { morejurisdiction in the adjusiment of tariff Tates. “In recent years there has developed a great appreciation of the necessity | for maintaining fair and just protection for America's higher wage scales and living standards, yet coupled with an | appreciaticn that international trade ! | under proper conditions benefits Amer- | {ica as well as other countries, and that j there should be no_unnecessary trade | { barriers,” the committee reported. | Stronger Tariff Group Urged. “In the determination of a fair and Jjust proteclive tariff schedule accurately | reflecting these considerations and fle ible enough to meet changing econommic conditions, administrative authority 1s ' | required to act promptly after investiga- | | tion and within legislative limits. While | | the Chamber does not now specifically | | recall its earlier recommendation of | both a flat binding tariff commission | and a separate tariff adjustment board. | this Chamber cxpresses a desire that | the established tariff commission should be strengthened by the necessary au- thority for expeditious determination of | these questions the full responsibili of the President of the United States.” Prompt settlement of liability of Fed- eral taxes is in the interest of both Government and taxpayers, the cham- |long’ delayed cases before the Bureau | of Internal Revenue be rapidly disposed {of and that there be prompt final de- | termination of tax liability in the | tuture. | In referring to Federal texation and | reduction of the “burdensome tax on | productive enterprise,” the chamber | went on record as favoring the levying {of Federal taxes, “with the economic welfare of the country steadily in view,” and the careful scrutiny of all proposals for new expenditures by the Federal Government in order “that none be \granted unless their justification is | clearly apparent.” | It was urged by the chamber that in | the coming year the trade association give special study to the imposition of excessive or annoying tax burdens im- posed on business by the several States. Removal of these tax burdens upon firms and individuals doing an dnter- state business, the resolution held, would prove to be not only in the general in- terest of the company, but also of the levying States, Uniformity of saeronautical legisla- tion was urged in another resolution which pointed out that State Legisia- tures should have interstate rather than merely intrastate service in mind when drafting legislation. Airports Emphasized. The establishment of airports is es- | | sentlal to the proper expansion of air | | transportation, “the chamber declared. | | in urging States and municipalities to | | appropriate more funds to acquire lands | for the practical development of com- mercial aviation. | President Hoover's recommendation ! that he be given authority to name en- gineering advisers to American repub- iics also was approved by the conven- tion. In dealing with the question of traf- fic regulation the chamber indorsed the | exemplified in the code recommended by the national conference on street and highway safety for adoption by States. 1,300 Gather at Banquet. The convention brought together last night, at the annual banquet, about 1,300 representatives of American in- dustry, large and small, including presi- dents of eight automobile manufactur- ing companies, railway executives and leaders of lfrlcullurll groups. Senator Allen of Kansas, who was the intelligent appreciation of business morals and ideals existing at home. He described world-wide belief beyond America in the doctrine of ‘“‘American imperialism,” adding that “we hate the word. We think it belongs peculiarly to British institutional life.” uggesting that the United States businesss _enterprise throughout the world might be “peaceful penetration” rather than imperialism, Senator Allen urged an appreciation at home as well as abroad of ideals of industry. Charts Course of Fair Dealing. In charting a course of fair dealing for America in foreign trade, the speaker said: “Our business in foreign countries cannot be extended by force. While American business enterprise abroad is entitled to the reasonable and proper protection of its government, it is & mistake to enter foreign fields if force is to be constantly required for protec- tion, Rather should the quality of our product, the excellence of the service rendered and the confidence inspired by fair dealing insure to American busi- ness a welcome in every land, not for the purpose of exploiting either its Te- sources or its peoples, but to assist in its growth and development and to| | have to offer. “This conception lifts international trade from the realm of the ledger and gives it character as a potent means for fostering international good will, a fac- tor stronger than armaments, more binding than treaties and more unify- ing than leagues and covenants. Thus may an intelligent conception of the community and international interests cut across national boundaries and bridge the seas, a powerful agent for peace because it provides an economic comity more enduring than political agreement.” Paul Shoup Toastmaster. Paul Shoup, president of the South- ern Pacific Raliway Co., was toastmaster at the banquet. Chairman Albert Johnson of the House immigration committee surprised the convention yesterday afternoon by recommending complete and indefinite suspension of all immigration into the United States. He declared that “the public wants no more immigration” and that 80 per cent of all present members of the House “were elected with the ll_dea"u! more restriction of immigra- ion. Mr. Johnson made his declaration in opposing a resolution submitted to the convention favoring repeal of the na- tional origins provisions of the immi- gration law, UNIONTOWN IS HIT. Three | Houses Blown Over and Shade Trees Felled. UNIONTOWN, Pa. May 3 (#)— | Three houses were blown over by & | storm which struck Meadowbrook, near | here last night. Fruit and shade trees | | were felled. 'No personal injuries were reported. The storm was accompanied | by heavy rain and hal. Authorities of Switzerland are wor- Slve‘d [over the nv\g?&;r {\‘III u;asun]tles this inter Among ter sports en- thusiasts, . _ 5 15 ARE INDITED N EXPENSEPROBE Former President of Chicago Sanitary District Named With Six Trustees. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 3. —Timcthy J. Crowe former president of the Chicago sani- | tary district; six trustees of the district and eight other persons affiliated with the district were reported named in true bills charging conspiracy voted today by the grand jury investigating alleged irregularities during Crowe's adminis- tration. | Among those said to be named in the true bills were Martin J. O'Brien, Dem- | ocratic county chairman and former | chief clerk of the sanitary district and Trustees Lawrence King, James M. ‘Whalen, Frank J. Link, John J, Touhy. John K. Lawler and August M. Miller. The report indicated three true bilis had been voted charging conspiracy to commit illegal acts against a municipal- ity. It was said the true bills would be made indictments later in the day. The seven others reported named were officers of the district. RESPECT FOR LAWS URGED ON DISTRICT BY JURORS’ REPORT ( Continued From First Page.) the power to investigate and report vio- | lations of the act and to swear out war- rants before United States commission- ers or other officers or courts authorized to issue warrants for the apprehension | of offenders, “Recently the authority for the en- forcement ol the prohibition act has been transferred by an act of Congress to & newly created Bureau of Prohibi- tion in the Treasury Department under | the direction of the commissioner of prohibition, “‘Since the adoption of the eighteenth amendment the Congress, which is in effect the legislature for the District of Columbia, has passed no legislation un- der section 2 for its enforcement specofi- cally by the District. The terms of the national prohibition act, of course, ap- ply In the District as they do in all the State, but the authority for the enforcement of this law by act of Con- gress rests with the commissioner of prohibition. The District of Columbia has a prohibition law known as the Shepherd act, which was passed by Congress prior to the adoption of the | eighteenth amendment, but this law is | | Radio Forum Speaker DR. JULIUS KLEIN, Secretary. Department of who will speak tomorrow Assistant Commerce, Broadcasting System. DR, KLEIN TO TELL OF U. 5. COMMERCE Senator Fess to Discuss Railway Consolidation in National Radio Forum. Julius Klein, who is generally recog- nized the commercial expert of the | United States Government, who has | o been_appointed by President Hoover to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio will discuss important problems con- fronting trade and commerce in this country tomorrow night when they speak in the national radio forum ar ranged by The Evening Star and spon- sored by the Columbia Broadcasting Co. over a Nation-wide hook-up. It has been said of Mr. Klein by no other than President Hoover himself, who headed the Department of Com- merce for nearly eight years, that he probably knows more about the foreign | commerce of the United States and its relations with its foreign competitors BERLIN RIOT TOLL SET AT 14 DEATHS 'Fresh Outbreaks Reported, | With Police Firing to Wound | Demonstrators. | | ted Press. May An Exchange Telegrap! ssage from Berlin states that three women and onc man were |shot dead this afternoon in the stredts of Berlin while they were watchifg istreet m: tations. The women were on the baicony of a house and the man was passing by the street TWO WOMEN ARE SHOT. |Police Are Fired on From Mouse- tops. the Associated Press. BERLIN. May 3.—Communist dic- |orders broke out again this afternocn {in the Hermannstrasse, principal street of the suburbs of Neukoelln and battle- ground of last night's troubles. A num B | evening over WMAL and the Columbia Der of shots were fired on the police | from windows and a bombardment cf { stones began from the housetops. Stmul- {taneously a steady stream of commun- ists began pouring in frem adjacent streets Most of the commu: ost ists were armed with clul 3 d brass and iron knuckles They charged at police. who fired shots | in the air. The attack soon grew so {hot that the police began to shoot t wound. Pclice Cars Return Fire. This checked the communists. precipitately took shelter in meari, hous: while police cars filled with | ¢mergency squads dashed through the i streets. returning the shots from houses arrl"d doorways by steady machine-gun | ._By 2 o'clock this afternoon the fight- |ing was in full blast, with incessant | firing by both sides to the accompani- |ment of yells and shrieks of the | wcTundtd. 'wo women who inquisitively ste] |out on a balcony were shot, s |, Two sections of Berlin were declared |in a state of siege today after & new outbreak of street fighting between j midnight and dawn. Blame for the May day Communist iriots and the disorders which have taken place the last few days has been !laid at the door of Moscow Com- | munists and the Communist Interna- tional by the Berlin chief of police, and the same accusation has been made by Reichstag members. The total of dead in the disorders which began May day was at least 14 today. Last night further disorders broke out in the Communist section of wh not as broad in its terms or violations. | than any other official of the Govern- | Neukolln. One man is known to have In other words, the Metropolitan Police | ment. Not only has Mr. Klein had years | been killed in the fighting, while two rtment of the District s without | of experience in studying and promot- | others were reported killed. but to have specific legisiative authority to enforce | ing the foreign commerce of this coun- | been carried off by their comrades. the eighteenth amendment or the na- | try, but he las spent years as a stu- | Twelve of those seriously injured in- tional prohibition act. | dent of the subject. It has been said | cluded several young boys. One police- “The commissioner of prohibition at ' of him that probably no man was bet- | man also was hurt. the present time has 11 men acting as | ter qualified and equipped for a Gov- | Badsile- Bieit Bhritealon Federal prohibition enforcement officers | ernnent task than Dr. Klein when he | for the District, five counties in Mary- | Was P ‘The district of Neukoelln, in sovth- laced by Mr. H')O\’;r, then Secre- | 1and and one county in Virginia. This | tary of Commerce, as director of the | eastern Berlin, saw barricades erected force is ob\'louslyy inadequate, The | Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Com- | by Communist demonstrators on Her- grand jury does not mean by this state- | merce. | mannstrasse, where fighting took place ment to convey the impression that it | |last night. The police threw a heavy Has Built Up Bureau. believes the conditions in the District icordon around the section and waited of Columbia require an extraordinary number of prohibition enforcement offi- | cers. We do wish to t out, how- ever, that the territory covered in this | particular district by the Federal pro- hibition officers involves & wide area | outside of the District, through which | run many of the main highways n'om‘ and to the adjoining States, and that the entire area includes the population of over 1,000,000 people, approximately , half of whom reside in the District of | Columbia. - Police Serve Doubly. “The Federal officers, therefore, can | and do devote but little time to the District of Columbia and consequently enforcement power has been secured by the Metropolitan Police Department by detalling approximately 35 men who were sworn in by the commissioner of prohibition so that they have authority to act in the enforcement of the na- tional prohibition act. These men are paid by the Metropolitan Police De- partment, but in addition to serving the District government are also serving the Federal Government. “This involves a dual authority which ; The story of how a student of economics and the science of commerce built up that bureau to its present point of usefulness and efficiency, is one of romance—a romance of facts and figures and force and vision of Dr. Klein. Not only is he frequently referred to as the commercial expert of this Government, but as America’s business manager and as the sales man- ager of the United States. Under his direction the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce has become a vital influence in the com- merce of this country. He has applied a system which has not only made it possible for this Government to keep its hand on the trade pulse of the entire world, but has blazed the trail for American manufacturers to sell more goods in foreign countries than ever before in its history. By his system he has made it possible for American goods to find new markets in corners of the world where they had never be- fore been sold. ‘The trade relations of America passed through a serious and gioomy period immediately following the World War, but American trade successfully passed for daylight. but this morning the Com- i munists had disappeared. The section | was under strict police patrol today and presented a scene of destruction. Street | car traffic was resumed. A state of siege was then officially | declared, both in the district of Neu- | koelln and of Wedding. where serious ;dlmrdeu took place Wednesday. | By the police edict regarding the state of siege in Neukoelln and Wed- | ding, complete darkness and silence will | reign in the disturbed districts tonight. All persons disobeying the regulations | will be “in danger of death.” All regulations of a state of siege will | be enforced. During the hours from 9 pam. to 4 am. no one will be permit- ted in the streets except doctors and those engaged in sanitary service. Standing in doorways is forbidden. All windows facing on the streets must be closed and show no lights. During the day the number of strik- ers was increased by almost 2,000, when all the workers of two cigarette fac- | tories in northern Berlin walked out. | Many of them declared that the action | was forced and that they were ready to return to work as soon as possible. throuh this crisis and reached & posi- | tion of supremacy that was the envy| | of the world. In this connection it has | en said by those who were in a posi- | Sympathy in tion to know that no single individual | WOrkers at Essen Quit in Sympathy in this country contributed so much to | e v | ESSEN. Germany. May 3 (®.—Thir- is not satisfactory and further, takes 1,300 MINERS GO ON STRIKE. the men assigned to prohibition work away from their regular duties. “In this connection the grand jury wishes to commend the Metropolitan Police Department for the effective work | this remarkabie accomplishment. {1t has done in prohibition enforcement in the District, in spite of the handi- caps under which it is operating. “It is impossible to state what the intention of Congress may have been in omitting to provide specifically for the enforcement of the act by local au- thorities. However, on its face, it is apparent that the Congress did not pro- vide that the Metropolitan Police De- partment should undertake the enforce- ment of prohibition in the District under terms of the national prohibition act. Metropolitan Police officers, there- fore, while having authority to enforce all other laws, cannot act in the en- Railroad Consolidation. Senator Fess, Republican member of the interstate commerce committee ranking next to Chairman Couzens, will speak on the problem of consolidation of the railroads in this country and its bearing on the commerce of the Naiion. Senator Fess has made a deep study of | the subject of consolidation of rail- roads. The Ohio Senator was for many years & member of various college faculties, before he entered public life and Con- gress, and he continued as president of Antioch College for & number of | teen hundred miners responded today | to a call to strike out of sympathy for | the Berlin Communist rioters. i EXTREMISTS STAGE BATTLE. Communistic Demonstrations at Leipziz End in Fight. LEIPZIG, Germany, May 3 (@).— Communist’ demonstrations here, in- |tended as a mark of sympathy with their Berlin political brethren, ended in a sl ing match between extremists of the Right and Left wings. CLASH REPORTED AT CHEMNITZ. | years after he had become a member forcement of the national hibition act without first securing lul&:‘r’lty frem the commissioner of prohibition, Two Counts Left Open. “The present situation presents two courses of action. First, that the en- forcement of the act be left entirely to the commissioner of prohibition, as pro- vided in the national prohibition act. Second, that the Congress specifically provide by an amendment to the na- tional prohibition act or by & separate act that the Metropolitan Police De- partment have equal authority with the commissioner of prohibition for the en- forcement of the act in this District. The grand jury recommends that steps be taken to accomplish the latter course. This would empower every policeman to act in connection with the prohibi- tion law just as he does in connection with every other law, and would not involve any special detail for that pur- “The grand jury also has noted it is the practice of the Police Department to employ persons outside of the regular service as ‘informers’ to obtain evidence in cases of reported or suspected liquor violations, and to appear as witnesses in these cases. We believe this practice is not sound, and recommend that the practice be discontinued, and that all evidence in such cases be obtained by persons in the regular service of the commissioner of prohibition or the Met- ropolitan Police Department or other persons having police powers.” TENNIS MATCHES OFF. Chevy Chase Events Will Be Play- ed Tomorrow. Chevy Chase Club tennis matches in the first round of the annual invitation doubles tournament, which were to have been played here today, have been called off on account of the high wind. They will be played tomorrow after- noon, starting at 3:30 o'clock. BASE BALL CLASH SET. Eastern and Tech Teams to Meet May 17. Eastern and Tech, leaders in the race for the public high school base ball champlonship. will meet Friday, May 17, in their crucial game. The contest was scheduled today. sbandoned because of cold: weather. of the House of Representatives. He retired from the presidency of Antioch in 1917 and first entered the House in 1913. He was re-elected to the House in each succeeding Congress until he entered the Senate in 1923. During his service in the House Mr. Fess was chosen chairman of the Re- publican national congressional cam- paign committee and conducted the congressional campaigns in 1918, when the Republicans succeeded in overturn- ing the former Democratic majority in the House, and in 1920, when the Re- publicans rolled up a tremendous ma- jority in tne House. Convention Keynote Speaker. Senator Fess is a strong party man and supported the Coolidge administra- tion vigorously in the Senate. During the recent campaign he worked hard for the election of President Hoover and is one of the President's advisers on leg- islation. At the Republican national convention last June, when Mr. Hoover ‘was nominated, Senator Fess was picked by the Republican national organiza- tion to deliver the keynote speech and to serve as temporary chairman of the convention. WILL NAMES HOOVER. President Designated as Alternate Trustee of Estate. The name of Herbert Hoover appears in the will of Louis F. Crossette, which was filed foday in the District Supreme Court. The testament was executed at the United States Naval Hospital August 5. 1928, during the campaign of Mr. Hoover for the presidency. The testator requests that Frederic A. Delano of Washington act as trustee of his estate, but in case Mr. Delano be not living that a similar request be made of Mr. Hoover. Crossette, who died March 16, says he has a Government insurance of $10,- 000 and other claims, which may bring his estate up to $20.000. He asks the trustee to make distribution monthly to his widow until the estate is expended. Two Killed mrlndinn Rows. BOMBAY, India, May 3 (®.—Two persons were killed and thirty injured in various assaults on Hindu pedestrians in the Moslem Khalachowki quarter of Bombay today. The attacks followed but | communal troubles between the Hindus: . snd Mesieme. — | German “Robin Hood” Addresses Meet- | ing of Protest. CHEMNITZ, Germany, May 3 (®).— ax Hoelz, often called Germany's Robin Hood.” last night addressed a | meeting of 2.500 Communists, called to protest the handling of the May day demonstrations by the Berlin police. There were a number of clashes with the constabulary after the meeting. | Two policemen ~were severely injured and three suffered minor injuries. DOCKMEN BATTLE SOCIALISTS. roup Expresses Sympathy With Rioters. HAMBERG. Germany May 3 (P).— 1 Gangs of dock workers crying “Down with Zoergiebel!” marched through the streets today until they encountered So- cialist groups, when a free-for-all fight ensued. The demonstration was staged as a mark of sympathy for the Berlin | rioters. |STORMS DELAY START OF BALLOON RACERS Clearing Skies Bring Plans. for First Bag to Take Off at 5 P.M. Tomorrow. Hamburgz G By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH. May 3—While storms yesterday and today hampered the air show planned as & preliminary to the national elimination balloon races, weather forecasts today indicated that the 12 balloons would get away from the University of Pittsburgh Stadium to- | morrow under at least fair conditions. The wind storms that swept South- western Pennsylvania late vesterday were reminiscent of those that brought disaster to the 1928 races when two balloonists were killed and & number of the bags wrecked in this district. Today, however, skies were clearing and the Weather Bureau sald that there was | lttle likelthood of a recurrence of the conditions. ‘The first balloon to take the air, one { of the three of the Detroit Balloon Club, piloted by W. A. Klioff, is scheduled to leave the stadium at 5 p.m., Eastern daylight saving time. Reconstruction of Japan's earthquake weny fe neRTINE Coelettr